Adam Dell's Custody Battle with Padma Lakshmi Gets Nasty

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 28th 2011 03:50AM

Earlier this week, Adam Dell, the father of 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi's baby, filed a lawsuit for the full custody of their 11-month-old daughter Krishna. And it seems Dell is ready to break out the big guns, claiming that Lakshmi once told him she hoped he had nothing to do with the pregnancy.

According to the Daily Mail, in Dell's 16-page lawsuit, he is claiming that when he and Lakshmi were dating in 2009, she was also dating 70-year-old IMG boss Ted Forstmann.

Lakshmi is currently in a relationship with Forstmann.

Dell is claiming that Lakshmi hoped Forstmann was Krishna's father and not Dell. He said Lakshmi refused to put his name on the birth certificate "to minimize, if not eliminate [Dell's] role in Krishna's life and to install Forstmann as Krishna's father."

Dell also mentions that Lakshmi launched a verbal attack on him during a phone call in September 2009, calling him an "unambitious" man with an "uninteresting" career and "unmemorable" friends.

The suit also claims, "Forstmann declared that Lakshmi, Krishna and he are a 'family' and they wished [Dell] would f***ing disappear."

Lakshmi's lawyer, Jay Silverstein, however, called Dell's suit "inaccurate and misleading" and is quoted saying, "We were in the process of negotiating permanent visitation rights when Dell terminated negotiations and this suit was filed. He remains more interested in garnering media attention than focusing on the welfare of his daughter."

Silverstein added that Lakshmi was looking forward to correcting the record in the courts and not in the press.

He said, "[Lakshmi] is saddened and gravely disappointed that Mr. Dell has chosen a very public means of filing his petition with the court rather than doing so in a confidential or sealed manner which is customary in cases involving a very young child."

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Saturday 29 January

By kinoti

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always eager

Friday 28 January

By Chris

The first sentence is ridiculous, unless Dell really is Padma's father. In which case, this story is sicker than I thought!

Quoting:
"Earlier this week, Adam Dell the father of 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi filed a suit for the full custody..."

Yeesh.

By Kate

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Read the whole sentence.

By Jody

Read the whole sentance, it makes more sense....

Earlier this week, Adam Dell, the father of 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi's baby, filed a lawsuit for the full custody of their 11-month-old daughter Krishna

By Normana

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Here we go again with another selfish woman only thinking of herself.Dell is the child's father and because Padma's relationship with him is over that does not mean the father should disappear. Padma needs to know that when that child reaches a certain age she is going to want to know her father what is Padma going to do then?.Yea she is now in another relationship, but the new guy is not the father, and women tend to have the attitude that once they have a new man they just want to dismiss the biological father mistake remember that baby is going to grow up,and the new guy yea you may care about Padma and her baby but he needs to be careful he is not the father.
It would seem that all Padma wanted was a baby,but she did not get pregnant by herself.
Normana

By Laura

That is very selfish of her to purposely exclude the baby's father from the baby's life because her other boyfriend is wealthier. Women truly hold all the cards when children are involved. They want the monetary support but don't want the man to have any contact with the child.

By Sharon

whatever the issue...that is a beautiful baby. One of the prettiest I have ever seen.

By Bella

Sounds like the Anna Nicole/Larry Birkhead saga. Do right by the kid Padma!

By Denise

She's in a relationship with a 70 year old man? Ugh!!! Don't care how rich he is!

By jckfmsincty

She should have been more selective about her sperm donor.

By Jeffrey

It looks bad for YOU, Padma give him his rights as a father and continue sleeping with grandpa.
The more you play innocent the more you look bad. It is that simple. You can put lipstick on a pig but,
It’s still a pig.

By Paki

He should give her 100.00 and send her back to Kabookistan, where she can live happily ever after. Enough of her ugly face on American TV.

By kee

Really??? Jeez louise, who gives a frak!

By Jen

Now I ain't saying she a gold digger...

By morning Alisha

She apparently was cheating on the 70 year old with Dell and got pregnant. Can't believe anyone in this day and age would be having unprotected sex. Maybe the condom broke? Yeah, sure!

By just saying

Pew!!!!

Sunday 30 January

By Vicki

I'm sure she is upset. Everyone who reads this is going to see how badly she presents herself. She chose to have sex with this man and have a child. Choose to do the right thing and let him be a father to HIS child! Shame, shame Padma!

Monday 31 January

By Vanny

The more I read about this woman, the more I dislike her, and don't know what the big fuss about her is...

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